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Chronic Illness

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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

TIL about MCAS. How horrible, I hope they can cure it someday.

[–] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I thought MCAS was the thing that was crashing the 737 Max 8 planes by pushing the nose down.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

No that's called short term gains

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

It's looking to be possibly more common than was thought, around one in twenty people, so you probably know someone with it. The symptoms vary significantly in type and severity. Some people are completely disabled, others have no idea they have it. I have it and mine is medium spicy - I can manage it with a shit ton of drugs and lifestyle changes. Still hoping for a cure as it fucking sucks.